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Simulating Recovery of Deleted Files in S3 Using Versioning

In this hands-on lab you have been asked to implement an architecture to help accidental or purposeful deletion of important company files stored in Amazon S3. During your time you will: Explore deletion protection options for your Amazon S3 bucket, enable versioning for all files within the S3 bucket, and test deletion and recovery of test files.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

15m

Published

Feb 12, 2024

Challenge

Create Test Files
- Invoke the CreateTestFiles Amazon API Gateway API to create test files in the Amazon S3 bucket
- You should get several files/objects created similar to important_file_###.txt
You can get the invoke URL in the API Gateway console from the Stages menu of the MyApi resource or the CloudFormation outputs
Challenge

Delete Objects - Part 1
- Delete one or more of the important files within the Amazon S3 bucket created for you. The bucket name should start with csaa-ps-.
- Do not delete all objects
Challenge

Enable Versioning for Amazon S3 Bucket
- Enable bucket versioning for the Amazon S3 bucket from within the bucket properties
Challenge

Delete Objects - Part 2
- Select and delete another object within the Amazon S3 bucket.
Make note of the object key/name.
Challenge

Recover Deleted Object
- Show the object versions for the Amazon S3 bucket using the toggle button
- Recover the previously deleted object by permanently deleting the deletion marker for your recently removed object

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A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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